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Bangalore, Sep 2 (IANS) Karnataka Police have arrested one more person with alleged links to Pakistan-based terror outfits LeT and HuJI, taking the number of people detained in the state ... Read more...

Melbourne, Dec 24 (IANS) Australia have left out young fast bowler Mitchell Starc and all-rounder Dan Christian from the playing 11 for the first cricket Test against India, starting Monday.Swing ... Read more...

Wellington, Mar 27 (ANI): Amid concerns over yesterday's on-field tussle against South Africa, New Zealand cricket team manager Dave Currie has urged players to be careful and avoid such incidents in their ... Read more...

Wellington, Mar. 26 (ANI): The New Zealand cricket team could face the prospect of being punished for an on field incident during Friday's quarterfinal match against South Africa.According to a stuff.co.nz report, ... Read more...

London, Mar. 24 (ANI): Former England off-spinner Fred Titmus, who played county cricket across an incredible five decades, has died after a long illness. He was 78.Titmus, one of England's finest ... Read more...

Bangalore, Feb 17 (ANI): Australia's frontline spinner Jason Krejza's place in the team's final XI is under threat after taking 1-56 and 0-46 in warm-up matches against India and South Africa in ... Read more...

Napier (New Zealand), Jan.31 (ANI): New Zealand will play with just two pace bowlers in tomorrow's fourth one-day cricket international against Pakistan in Napier, preferring to boost their batting line-up.A team ... Read more...

Wellington (New Zealand), Jan.21 (ANI): New Zealand skipper Daniel Vettori has revealed that Brendon McCullum will bat at No 6 in Saturday's first one-day international against Pakistan in Wellington.Vettori told a ... Read more...

Sydney, Jan 2(ANI): Pakistan-born batsman Usman Khawaja and spinner Michael Beer will make their debuts for Australia in the fifth and final Test of the Ashes series, starting in Sydney on Monday.Stand-in ... Read more...

Sydney, Dec 30(ANI): Australian batsman Michael Clarke will lead the team in the fifth and final Test of the Ashes series against England after Ricky Ponting was ruled out with a fractured ... Read more...

Melbourne, Dec. 24 (ANI): West Australian left-arm spinner Michael Beer has found an ally at last, and he comes in the form of the MCG curator Cameron Hodgkins.Called into the Australian ... Read more...

JAKARTA, INDONESIA (BNO NEWS) -- The Indonesian National Football team defeated the Philippines 1-0 in the first leg of the semifinal in the Asean Football Federation (AFF) Suzuki Cup on Thursday.The Filipino ... Read more...

Perth, Dec. 16 (ANI): Test greats Shane Warne and Mark Taylor on Thursday disagreed with the selectors decision to pick four quick bowlers for the third Ashes Test in Perth, which left ... Read more...

Adelaide (Australia), Nov.10 (ANI): England cricket team coach Andy Flower has said that his job is not about being fair to everyone in the squad.Flower, who was speaking ahead of England's three-day ... Read more...

London, Aug 16(ANI): England has retained the 12-man squad that won the first and second Test against Pakistan for the third match of the series at The Oval, starting on Wednesday."We were ... Read more...

London, Aug 3(ANI): England has retained the 12-man squad that won the Test series opener against Pakistan for the second at Edgbaston, starting on Friday.Fast bowler Tim Bresnan was the 12th ... Read more...

By Sandeep DattaNew Delhi, Aug.2 (ANI): If you have been a football lover, it is unlikely you would have missed noticing Vuvuzela.Hate it or love it, this ear-splitting apparatus will be ... Read more...

Melbourne, Jan 21 (ANI): Australian skipper Ricky Ponting has hinted that all rounder James Hopes could be 12th man with Shaun Marsh opening the innings with Shane Watson in the first ODI ... Read more...

Islamabad, Jan. 13 (ANI): In a bid to avoid a series clean sweep by Australia, Pakistan has dropped vice-captain Kamran Akmal and three others from its squad going into the Hobart Test.Following ... Read more...

Melbourne, Jan 13 (ANI): Australia has named a predictable 11 for the third Test against Pakistan starting in Hobart on Thursday.Captain Ricky Ponting said Victorian paceman Clint Mackay will drop out of ... Read more...

Melbourne, Dec 30 (IANS) Australia have retained the winning squad for the second cricket Test against Pakistan starting Sunday at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
New South Wales spinner Steven Smith, who was called ... Read more...

Melbourne, Dec. 30 (ANI): Australia have named an unchanged 12-man squad for the second cricket Test against Pakistan at the SCG starting on Sunday.NSW spinner Steven Smith, who was called to join ... Read more...